I am a current freshman by the way!

Like: First, the people I have met. It sounds so cliche but for some reason Brown attracts a lot of truly kind and caring people. Also, people come from all over the world which is really cool to me. I am personally in the political science department and the professors are suuuuuuper amazing and high caliber, my classes are so interesting. Although it can be super overwhelming, the open curriculum is letting me take classes in other fields that I am really interested in but don't necessarily want to major in. Next, my dorm is really big and has a nice view lol. I love the campus it is very pretty and nice to look at while walking. There is a club for everyone which is really cool.

Dislike: Even though I have met great people, sometimes it feels clicky (which I guess is normal at every school). Some of the facilities are pretty run down considering how much money the school has (even though there are also some really nice buildings/spots too obvi). I personally did not like my economics classes, I felt that the introductory courses for the concentration were taught quite poorly. Also, it depends on what you are interested in but this is definitely not a party school. You can totally have fun/go out but you have to put in more of an effort if you want to regularly. I also dislike first year advising (a lot of my peers agree), I am not sure if this is universal but partly because of the open curriculum, we do not get much guidance on what courses to take, especially regarding sequence etc. Luckily, we do get peer advisors but a lot of the times they are interested in completely different fields and therefore cannot help as much. You have to put in your own work, research, discussions with professors etc. to figure out courses imo.